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Old 03-01-2007, 09:39 PM
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Default Re: Stock Tie Rod

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Originally Posted by 007hum
How did you end up wearing them out? Why do you think they failed on you? What were some of the symptoms you experienced?

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We got bound up at Tellico and bent one then. Seeing those big tires flapping around still gives me a pain in the chest. Moab and Tellico bent some and the joint just wears out. We can go through them pretty fast with the big tires.

Also, as Tim pointed out, the boots can tear. Watch the passenger side especially. That side has a tendancy to hit the underside of the frame and wear the top of the boot out. It's easy to see by sticking your head in above the tire and looking at it.

We couldn't tell they were bent until I had an alignment done. When turning the rod, it rotated in an elliptical pattern, not a circle.
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